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'SPECIFICA-rioni'. T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:` u i y Be it known that I, Jos'EPH-S. FosvfrEn, of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new.l and improved Pastry Roller; and I do hereby' declarel that the following is aful1,`c1ear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the vart-to make and u se the same, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, of which.-`

Figure '1 is a top view, and

Figure 2 a side view of ,this invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

llhis invention relates to an improved machine for rolling i pastry to any desired' uniform thickness, and consists of ahpastryboard and frame, a rollerwith a cog-wheel upon each end, 'and two guide racks with rods connecting them to the frame. The frame, A, consists of ytwo pieces-of wood, or othel'rsuitable material, placed parallel with eachother andconnected by one` er morestrips. Upon this frame is placed the pastry board, B..

This board'is made circularand is let into the frame the thickness ,of vthe board,'lor otherwise 'arranged so that it may be revolvedv or turned in a horizontal direction. Upon each end of therollerg C, is aiixed a 4cog-wheel and shaft, one shaft having a crank or handle attached. AThe two guide racks, D D, which may beV constructed of iron, or other suitable material, each consists of a rack, vinto'which the cogs upon the ends of the roller mesh,

and a guide bar under which the shaft runs'. The guide bars are not Vdirectly 'over the racks but just on one side. One of the guide racks is connected to'eachside of the frame by the rodse e.4 Therods are attached to the frame and the guide racks to the rods by pins, allowing` the upper ends of thero'ds to be raisedor` lowered.' The distan'cepbetween the lpin by `which-the rack is attached tothe r-od andthe pin by which the rod is attached Vto the frame is the same on all `the rods; The distance between the pins by which each rackis attached to the 1 rods and the distance between thepins on each side of the frame by which the rods are attached to the frame are also equal, so that as the ends of their-ods arerased or lowered. the guide racks'yare raisedV or 'lower-ed, but

willfalways` remain parallel with the plane oi the pastry board. t One rod uponleach side opposite eachother is made'lon'ger than the other, the two longer ones'being connected by the cross-bar Thepinpzv, against which e e e.e, operating substantially as and' for `the purpose specified.

one of 4the longer rods-strikes, may beplaced in Veither of the several holes,"thusallowing the roller only to come-within'any desired distance o f thepastry board; The Vmode of operation is as follows: The material to be rolled is placed upon the centre'oi'ifthe pastryboard, o ne hand' is placed upon the'crdss bar, and the crank p attached tothe roller-is turned by the other hand, tirstin one vdirection and then. the other, thus ,causing the roller to'pass'back and forth over the pastry board, one end of the roller advancing a's fast as the other. 'When the'rod strikes the pin, az, the roller can get n lower and will pass over the pastry board at a uniform distance, p

thus making the pastry of any desired uniform thickness. When-desired, thepastry boardmay be turned, thus rolling across it ina diierent direction from the former rolling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-as new, and desire tosecure by'L-Letter's Patent, is- The combination of the revolving board B, the roller C, the adjustable guide racks D," with the` rods Jos. s. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

Gao. Y. DrcKsoN, J. L. Bm'mv. 

